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Membership is open to people of Polish or Slavic descent, or the spouses of same, who are between 16 and 60 years old, of good moral character, and mentally and physically sound. Social membership without insurance, is also available. In 1978 the Falcons had 26,346 beneficiary members and 2,867 social members. [4] In 1994, there were 30,000 ...
During World War I the Polonia in the United States and Canada provided more than 28,000 volunteers to the Polish Army in France. About 14,500 returned after the War to America. In May 1921, at a convention in Cleveland the veterans founded the SWAP. Its first president was Teofil Starzyński, an outstanding activist with the Polish Falcons. [1]
ORP Sokół, name of three submarines of the Polish Navy; PZL W-3 Sokół, a Polish helicopter; Sokol design bureau, a Soviet aerospace company; Sokol Eshelon, a Russian laser-based anti-satellite system; Sokół motorcycles, a brand of motorcycles, produced in Poland before World War II Sokół 1000, a Polish pre-war motorcycle
The following cities and municipalities are among those that have 10,000 or more residents who are of Polish ancestry (in descending order by Polish population): New York City, New York - 213,447 (2.7%).
Pages in category "Polish-American organizations" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. ... Polish Falcons of America;
The stadium is called Falcon Park because it was built by a fraternal organization in Auburn called the Polish Falcons. The Polish Falcons owned the stadium until 1959, when the local minor league franchise purchased it. The City of Auburn purchased both the stadium and the franchise in 1981 by assuming the former team's unpaid debts. Falcon ...
They designed a uniform that was a mélange of Slavic and revolutionary influences: brown Russian trousers, a Polish revolutionary jacket, a Montenegrin cap, and Garibaldi redshirt. A Sokol flag, red with a white falcon, was designed by the writer Karolína Světlá (and painted by Czech artist Josef Mánes).
8th All-Polish Congress of the "Falcon" Polish Gymnastic Society in Katowice, 1937. In Greater Poland, Sokół became an important group dedicated to Polish independence.In the German partition of Poland, from the beginning, the Sokół movement met with police persecutions, controls, harassment and provocations.